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Saturday, April 19, 2014

The Poem "The Secret of the Sea"-A San Diego Boating Experience

Boats
have been a fascination for a lot of people throughout history. The boat is the
primary long-distance transportation vehicle since the beginning of society.
The photographs of boats taken below were from Shelter Island which has a
number of nice lookout spots, parks, and other activities.

Perhaps a poem
will help you understand the fascination people have with boats and the sea.

The Secret of the Sea by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ah!
what pleasant visions haunt me As I gaze upon the sea!
All the old romantic legends,
All my dreams, come back to me.

Sails of silk and ropes of sandal,
Such as gleam in ancient lore;
And the singing of the sailors,
And the answer from the shore!

Most of all, the Spanish ballad
Haunts me oft, and tarries long,
Of the noble Count Arnaldos
And the sailor's mystic song.

Like the long waves on a sea-beach,
Where the sand as silver shines,
With a soft, monotonous cadence,
Flow its unrhymed lyric lines:—